Overstreet v. Schulman

We think the court erred in allowing the amendments to the answer of the defendant. The first amendment related to an alleged course of conduct pursued by the plaintiffs, beginning before the filing of the suit and continuing for sometime thereafter, which was alleged to be fraudulent and to constitute a conspiracy against the defendant to wrongfully oust him from the partnership and deprive him of his rights therein. The amendment alleged that the filing of the suit by the plaintiffs was a part of the conspiracy; that the sale ordered by the court and made by the receiver and then confirmed…